omg awesome poem!! I love how you made it so anyone who would get close to you burns, nice symbolism.

this reminds me of something i've read in "a purpose-driven life": God uses the weakest, most imperfect people to do extraordinary things and the "gasoline" most definitely represents His power. still, you could mean something else. at any rate, thanks for sharing and keep writing!

p.s. God loves you and so do I!

Speechless. So beautiful. One of my favorites. Write more.

I personally am not a christian, but i still found this poem to be inspiring. Your an excellent writer, keep it up.

That kicked **. And I'm an athiest. Wow. ^.^ write more please!

Rock on! That is such an awesome poem. I totally love reading about God, especially when it is put so beautifully. Bravo!

Cool poem. My friend listens to Skillet all the time. They a pretty good.

Wonderful! I really like that.
"Take the ashes and leave nothing of me/All I want is all of You with none of me."
You couldn't have put it any better.

thanks,
Lady E

powerful and brilliant :)

This was a realy neat metaphor. I like how you tie this kind of stuff into beliefs and such, it makes your poetry so fun to read. Great job!

M. Love Skillet. Love that song. Love God. Love Skillet...oh wait, I said that already. Hah. I like this. It's truthful. I don't think I read poetry slow enough to soak it in, though. Let me read that again. Ah, yes. The last verse is the best part because it's so true!

Interesting.

[Soak my pride thickly in gasoline
Consume it all to where none can feed
Take the ashes and leave nothing of me
All I want is all of You with none of me]

I love that part, its just... soo good...

interesting, i really loved the idea, it reminds me of passion and seeming its under the catagory of religion it seems very...right...lol clap for my vocabulary. looking over the poem again, everything compliments each other perfectly, the fire was very exact to use with so many aspects of the challenges that people go through, the consequences of their beleifs. kudos.

awsome! i love the metaphor of Gasoline. I especially love the last stanza! Write on!